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True analogue delays are not typically the cheapest of pedals. The Bucket Brigade Device (BBD) chips traditionally used in analogue delays, and modulation effects like flangers, choruses, and phasers are very hard to come by these days, and only one company (Coolaudio) is making new reproductions of old BBD chips. …

Red Witch, the New Zealand based boutique pedal manufacturer has come out with a new range of pedals with a difference. The Seven Sisters are a range of pedals with an extremely small footprint, and also contain a rechargeable lithium ion battery. They can be recharged using any 9-18volt DC …

Malekko have really got on to a good thing with their Omicron Series pedals. Providing the market with ultra-compact, high quality, well priced sounding pedals, Malekko are sure to take on a lot of the established pedal manufacturers. The Phase analog phase shift is a great little addition to the …

BBD (Bucket Bridge Device) chips are very popular for delay and modulation pedals due to the musical and sweet analogue tones that they enable an effect with. BBD chips are increasingly hard to find though, as are the original pedals that utilised them. There has however been a resurgence of …

I’ve had a whole bunch of new stuff arrive to review over the past week. A trio of Malekko pedals, thanks to Niche Music Supplies, and a Pirana KS-5C 5 watt valve combo thanks to Pirana Music. Pirana Music is a local store here in Canberra, and they have recently …